Les Aspin Quotes
We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is Apple, it's why Walt Disney built Disney World and it's why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
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There's this sort of cloud that hangs where people are like: 'How long can you keep the heat of 'Homeland' going?' People have short memories is the truth, and Hollywood loves the new and shiny.
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Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts.
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I've always had an interest in sports across the board.
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And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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When I was a boy, one of my uncles had a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin. My family went there for parts of three summers, and I loved it!
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I don't think about that. I will think about that when I have the trophy in my hands. I just said that in spring training, and I'll just let it happen. You can see [Johan] Santana has like a four-something earned-run average. That's not Santana. At the end of the season, you'll see what Santana is capable of doing.
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My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.
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We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help.
